Newspaper Boat Built From World Headlines Heads East
Captain George W. Johnson, famed Harlem oarsman, completed a 20 foot boat made of newspapers from around the world. The hull uses twenty seven thicknesses of paper with eighteen on the decks, headed by headlines visible through shellac. He plans a staged voyage from St. Augustine to New York, with about 200 miles offshore and the rest inland, expecting to reach New York late June. Invitations have arrived from boat clubs along the route for hospitality.
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George W. Johnson
Harlem River
St. Augustine
Fla
New York
Florida
New York Herald
New York City
New York State
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Seattle
Wash
California
Casino
Beaufort
D. C
Moorehead City
N. C
Johnson
Severn Boat Club
Annapolis
Middle Village
N. Y
Harlem
Staten Island
New Jersey
Brooklyn Cubs
Goose Flew at Man During Windstorm in Indiana
A wild goose weighing twelve pounds struck Fred Fornshell during a windstorm near FE wood Indiana. The bird was captured and placed in a wire cage to be fattened. The same article notes plans for a wedding feast after a forthcoming marriage between a local man and Miss June Callaway.
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Fewood
Ind
Fred Fornshell
June Callaway
Tidal Power Plan Near Portland Faces Hurdle
Cassier's Magazine notes a Maine coast project where a company has bonded land on both sides of Back Bay in Portland. The plan envisions a tidal power plant with at least 25,000 horsepower capable of powering all electric cars lights and engines in Portland.
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Cassier
Maine
Backbay
Portland
Snakes Used as Vermin Destroyers in Illinois Melon Fields
A Carmi Illinois dispatch reports melon growers in southern Illinois agreed last spring not to kill nonpoisonous snakes to curb mice damage. The practice shows promise as fields are less devastated by mice that previously ate seed, with few mice seen this year.
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Illinois
Game of Numbers puzzle game rules and scoring
A description of a counting game led by zero who numbers players. Each player must give a number divisible by their own number when called. Mistakes cost points, discovering mistakes gains points, and repeating a dividend is an error scored by the finder. Zero changing places with a correct detector when a miscall occurs. The winner has the most points when the game ends.
Comb Music for Children and Rainy Day Fun
A straight comb held teeth upward with tissue paper over it creates buzzing sounds when pressed near the lips. A performer can imitate a violin with this simple instrument, adding shading for effect. A few combs tuned in harmony can form a tiny orchestra, and even without a piano the activity provides nursery music on a rainy day.
Oldest tree in the world honors Buddhist lineage in Ceylon
A tree in Ceylon claiming 2300 years of age, tied to a branch brought in 300 B C from the tree under which Buddha Gautama attained Buddhahood. Revered by pilgrims, a temple stands beside it, spared through centuries as much of world history unfolded around it.
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Christ
Ceylon
India
Buddha Gautama
Quips and Observations on News of the Week
A playful collection of witticisms on topics from medical reports to pets and farming. The author muses on naming a noisy dog Tree and jokes about good egg samples and umbrellas. Art remarks stress eye education and pupil care.
A Vexed Question About Louisiana Purchase
A schoolroom scene shows two girls puzzled by how the land was moved from France. They debate baskets or chips as the method, reflecting a childlike misunderstanding of the Louisiana Purchase. The verse conveys curiosity and playful inquiry in a family setting.
Poised speaker and dissenters in public debates
A satirical look at lectures where a single speaker imposes views and rents the room while dissenters are silenced. It contrasts polite oratory with street quarrels and mocks the notion of free challenge, ending with a jab about a "poiseless gun" and silenced mouths.
A Question on Social Reform and Heiress Settlements
A dialogue proposes a reform to settle heiresses with minimal pain by purchasing a prince or duke, then marrying him to daughters and divorcing at a large settlement. The exchange satirizes costly marital arrangements and social norms.
Quotes on Close Struggle and Hand to Mouth Life
A fragment describes a precarious existence with lines about a close run and living from hand to mouth. The dialogue suggests hardship and strain as the speaker notes the connection is so tight the subject sometimes seems to bite his own hand.
Stage goer faces local opposition over scene shifts
A man’s plan to perform on stage stalls due to a unique local constraint. Residents show no objection to him personally but cite the lack of necessity for scene shifters, leaving the performance in doubt.
PERT PARAGRAPHS OFTEN PROVE ADVERSITY TOOLS FOR PROSPERITY
The piece extols adversity as a path to prosperity and praises hard work as a universal mascot. It warns against taking others at their self valuation, urges maintaining a stiff upper lip, and notes how trouble often has promoters. It humorously contrasts paradoxes in motivation and behavior.
Founding a Herd by C D Bellows in Missouri edition
The article argues that nonsense in breeding harms the Shorthorn breed, urging breeders to value individuality and plain common sense over color, imported pedigrees, or overreliance on distant ancestors. It stresses breed merit from ancestors and actual makeup rather than pedigrees alone.
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C. D. Bellows
Missouri
Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Farm Animals Count and Value Shift in 1908 U S Report
The crop reporting board of the Bureau of Statistics notes changes in farm animal numbers and values as of January 1 1908 compared with January 1 1907. Horses up 245000, mules up 52000, milk cows up 226000, other cattle down 1493000, sheep up 1591000, swine up to 1200000. total value for all animals fell 2.1 percent from 4425608000 to 438...
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Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
United States
Calf Health Tied to Clean Pens and Proper Feeding
The piece stresses sturdy calf constitution as essential for profitable dairy work. It cites damp, poorly ventilated pens and humid filth as causing about one third of calf ailments, with overfeeding and irregular feeding contributing about another third. It notes unclean pails and neglect as further factors, emphasizing calves need rest rather than heavy postrum digestion.
Utah Factory Allows Colts to Eat Sugar Beet Pulp
For several years colts have been allowed access to sugar beet pulp at a Utah factory and, so far as can be learned, no trouble has arisen from feeding it.
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Utah
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G. W. Johnson
Jacque Spratte
Mary
Mamma
Louisiana
Nellie
Nell
Farm Animals
Steck
H. F. Steck
ALWA
Chas. D. Gorham
Kelly
Mason Transfer & Storage CO
J. J. McKeone
Cbuilder
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